Poe’s Point > A Few Thoughts on the New Ninja Turtles Cartoon
I’ve watched three episodes of the Nickelodeon’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles now, and I’ve made a few observations. (more…)
Legos in a Half-Shell
TURTLE POWER!! Sorry, I have to finish that every time I hear it. It’s like Roger Rabbit and “shave and a hair cut.”
That sound you hear is Rustin Parr‘s wallet screaming in terror. More pics here.
Pic of the Day > Pizzaface and Private Pizza by Infinite Hollywood
Pic of the Day > TMNT Classics Michelangelo by RobzyTMNT
The Pigskin Passin’ Football Fighter!
Brian of CoolandCollected.com recruited me and a number of other geek/toy bloggers to the Madball Fantasy Football League. Who will win The Golden Leo?
Brian will be posting regular updates on his site, so you can see how well or terrible I’m doing. To make it easier for everyone to know who they’re playing we mostly named our teams after ourselves – otherwise I would totally have gone with the Touchdown Terrors.
Pic of the Day > Taped-Fist Scientist by Geek Creek
Sightings > Jin Saotome’s Custom TMNT12 Slash
A new TMNT toy line, a new slew of Slash customs. Slash, the evil Turtle, remains one of the franchise’s most popular designs (despite never having gotten another toy after the original), so it didn’t take long to start seeing customs of him from the new toys. Customizer extraordinaire Jin Saotome enters the fray with this amazing piece. Click the photo or this link for more images.
Personally, I hope we get a Slash in the actual toy line – in fact, I hope the new cartoon really delves into the old Archie-verse. That seems like a rich treasure trove of characters and stories, especially since the 2003 series already covered so much of the Mirage era. Which is another way of saying I want updated versions of Slash, Ray Fillet, and Wingnut & Screwloose – hell, all the Mighty Mutanimals.
Getting back to the custom – I have to say, with that squat round head, toothy grin, beady eyes, and the bandanna ends trailing like ears, he reminds me more than a little of Max of Sam & Max fame.
Poe’s Review > Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012, Playmates)
As I mentioned in my review of the Classic Collection Leonardo, I’ve covered my history with the Turtles before here and here. To my surprise I was left a bit underwhelmed by Classic Collection, but the photos of the basic line for 2012 (based on the new cartoon) seemed intriguing enough to merit picking up at least one figure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gy7E_aBv0I
I’m interested to watch the show, which debuts on Nickelodeon on September 29. The animation and style seems like a cross between Cars and Teen Titans. The humor seems great. (more…)
Poe’s Review > Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classic Collection, Playmates)
One thing that has made it increasingly difficult for me to write reviews these days is that I’m often reviewing a character I’ve reviewed before. For me, the appeal of a review is often discussing the history of the character or the franchise, my own childhood memories and so forth. I’ve already covered all that for Leo and the rest of the TMNT in two previous reviews here and here, so I refer you to those if you want the flavor text. This review is going to get down to brass tacks.